Episode – The Idea-Smithy

Love

Journal Entries, 2016 ✍🏽

April 10, 2023April 16, 2023

Verse

Journal Entries, 2016 ✍🏽

00:00 / 4:58

Love poem chaptered in pieces of my heart & pages of a journal. Read the poem ‘Journal Entries, 2016’ here.

Mumbai

Another Island: Mahim Memories

March 29, 2023October 28, 2024

MeMumbaiker

Another Island: Mahim Memories

00:00 / 5:19

I found home years after losing it, on a different island. Mahim was full of stories. Read ‘Another Island‘ here.

Relationships

Patchwork Relationship 🚬

March 22, 2023April 30, 2023

Verse

Patchwork Relationship 🚬

00:00 / 1:59

All of you homesick for the sickness of love, hating yourself for thinking of an ex, propping yourself on memories of a relationship, wondering if healing will ever be clean. It won’t. Read ‘PATCHWORK RELATIONSHIP‘.

Capitalism | Mills | Mumbai

FLAMINGOS 🦩

March 14, 2023October 28, 2024

MeMumbaiker

FLAMINGOS 🦩

00:00 / 7:37

A story of two realities (flight & bondage) juxtaposed in a corner of Mumbai’s forgotten history. Read ‘FLAMINGOS‘ here.

Evolution | Healing | Heartbreak | Nostalgia

Friday Night Nostalgia 🍷🫕

March 10, 2023April 16, 2023

Verse

Friday Night Nostalgia 🍷🫕

00:00 / 5:02

You’re out to dinner on Friday night. It’s nothing exciting, nothing new. Till you look over to the next table. Read ‘FRIDAY NIGHT NOSTALGIA‘ here.

Mumbai

See You At Versova At 6 🌅

February 20, 2023October 28, 2024

MeMumbaiker

See You At Versova At 6 🌅

00:00 / 5:30

Versova bears the name of one of Mumbai’s oldest fishing villages. It is also home to the dream factory of romance. Read ‘See You At Versova At 6 (Milte hain Versova pe)’ here.

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